Episode #083 ... Henry David Thoreau

Today we talk about the book Critique of Cynical Reason by Peter Sloterdijk. Cynicism as a defense mechanism. Why the cynic isn't crazy. The way it ladders up into institutions and infects things like our language. Diogenes as a counter example of a mode of being that rejects pie ...  Show more

Today we talk about some of the best arguments for and against lying in the history of philosophy. Hope you love it. :) Sponsor: Nord VPN: https://nordvpn.com/philothis Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.o ...  Show more

Thanks so much for listening! Here’s the book I mentioned in today’s episode:The Eight Master Lessons of Nature: What Nature Teaches Us About Living Well in the World https://g.co/kgs/49u53wAnd here’s Gwendolyn Brooks’ amazing poem for Paul Robeson.Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn Brook ...  Show more

"The soldier is applauded who refuses to serve in an unjust war by those who do not refuse to sustain the unjust government which makes the war." Henry David Thoreau

RESOURCES: <a href="https://blogs.law.columbia.edu/uprising1313/files/2017/10/Civil-Disobedi ...

Rajan Datar and guests explore the life and legacy of the American thinker Henry David Thoreau and his famous work 'Walden', which describes the young writer's experiment in living simply at Walden Pond in Massachusetts, for two years, two months and two days in the 1840s. A land ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 19th century American writer and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau. Anti-slavery activist and passionate environmentalist, Thoreau was above all a champion of self-reliance and individualism. He was also a champion of the simple life, a lover of ...  Show more